Even though I have not been traveling long distances lately I still get out locally as much as I can. With this shot I just headed out to one of my favorites places in the area which is Fort Pickens on the far West end of Pensacola Beach Florida. Not only is the fort a great place to visit and photograph it’s also a good place to photograph wildlife especially birds like this Great Blue Heron. If you are in the area you most definitely want to put this place on your bucket list,

It was “Kites On The Coast” along Pensacola Beach September 2-3. It amazes me how large some of these kites are. Some of the kites were 25 feet wide by 35 feet long. A long ways from the days of a paper kite.